England and Ecuador are playing live on the World Cup friendly schedule on Wednesday for an international match and the game comes from Sunlife Stadium in Miami at 3 pm ET and has a live stream from beIN Sport streaming online as Wayne Rooney and Raheem Sterling try and get the Three Lions a win before the Brazil 2014 tournament and Roy Hodgson's side is looking to play well once again.
England is hoping to erase some of the memories of their last World Cup performance and this time around could be the last appearances for some long tenured players on the national side. The team was dealt a blow months ago when Theo Walcott was injured for Arsenal and that knocked him out of the World Cup and now players like Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge, Raheem Sterling and Frank Lampard will try and make England proud once again and they will start off with Italy in a rematch of a classic.
England won their last match against Peru, a team not going to the World Cup, by three goals at Wembley Stadium in London before heading to America and now they prepare ahead of travel for Brazil. England is coming in looking to perform well and they have not had much success over the years at the Cup and this time around teams like Brazil, Germany and Argentina are the favorites behind defending champion Spain, who has the best odds with the home nation to win. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Phil Jones are set to start the game to get up to speed fitness wise and Ecuador will be looking to play well ahead of the World Cup also, as they have a tough group to deal with.
Sterling needs to play well for the team and he comes in after having a great Premier League season and that's another motivation for Rooney as well. Rooney and Manchester United finished in the top 10 in the EPL but out of the major qualification and that means he will be playing with a bit of a chip on his shoulder and he is hoping to kick the team into the knockout rounds. The team plays against Italy to start things off on June 14 and that comes after the first match of the tournament with Brazil and Croatia playing on Thursday before the rest of their group in Mexico and Cameroon is in action.
England has to deal with Italy, Costa Rica and Uruguay in their draw and that means Luis Suarez, who had a brilliant season in the EPL. Suarez comes in dealing with an injury, but he is expected to be fine for the first match and this comes after he was excellent with Liverpool this year, leading the EPL in scoring and getting his team to finish in second and now he will face his teammate in Sterling on the pitch during the World Cup. England opens with the Italian team and then matches up with Suarez on June 19 and then the finals group match comes on June 24 against Costa Rica. Ecuador has a tough road as well with the Swiss along with France and Honduras in their group and the French team is another looking for redemption after the way the last Cup went.
Check here for the England and Ecuador live coverage from the World Cup schedule.
